duplicate code problem

[MJB3K]

Hi, i have this code for about 10buttons and i was wondering if there is a way to do this without having to write it out like 10times:

//irc
this.btnIRC.onRollOver = function() {
	this.gotoAndPlay(2);
};
this.btnIRC.onRollOut = function() {
	this.gotoAndPlay(11);
};
//home
this.home.onRollOver = function() {
	this.gotoAndPlay(2);
};
this.home.onRollOut = function() {
	this.gotoAndPlay(11);
};

Is there any way of doing this, or is this the only way?

Regards,

Martin

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[Tanag]

Now I'm no Flash expert by any means, but here's an idea.

Isn't it possible to put that code into a global function and then just have each button call it? I know Flash has functions, I just have yet to use them so I'm not exaclty sure of their scope.

Hope it helps

 

[billwatson]

this will affect all buutons that do not have assigned actions

Button.prototype.onRollOver = function() {
this.gotoAndPlay(2);
};

similar for onRollOut just place code on frame 1 of main movie

 

[MJB3K]

Doesn't seem to work on my movieclip rollovers. They aren't proper component buttons, just movieclips.

Regards,

Martin

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[billwatson]

just change them from movieclips to buttons

 

[fpsysadm]

Hi Martin,

Heres a thought (currently at work so can't test this to see if it works).

1. Set up the instance names of the movieclips as btn1,btn2, btn3 etc

2. Use a for loop to assign the rollover and rollout events to a function,

for(cntr=1;cntr<=10;cntr++){
this["btn"+cntr].onRollOver = rolloverfunc;
this["btn"+cntr].onRollOut = rolloutfunc;
}

3. Set up the rolloverfunc to gotoAndPlay(2)

4. Set up the rolloutfunc to gotoAndPlay(11)

As an alternative you can also setup an array of the instance names and loop through them if you dont want to name them as btn1, btn2 etc.